algea during cycleing processs...

drab911 · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:06 am Post subject: algea during cycleing processs...

Hey everyone.. wel I am in the middle part of my cycleing process and I am starting to grow quite a bit of algae during the process... should I deal with this while it is happening or once I am done and before I aadd the fish?
It is a 16 gallon tank and I am 3 weeks into the process with fishless cycleing with 3 ppm of ammonia and very small amounts of nitrites...
Thanks

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

go ahead and deal with it now, get rid of it.........it isnt going to help/or harm the process, so if you want get rid of it.

drab911 · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:43 pm Post subject:

But how I would get rid of it would be to do a waterchange and vacume the gravel though right? But I dont want to vacume the gravel and loose any bacteria or is there a lot of it in the filter to handle everything?

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

where has the algae formed at?

drab911 · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:34 am Post subject:

it is just a thin layer over sections of hte gravel and on the rock I have in there... I am not too worried about it. I am planning on getting an algae eating fish when I stock my tank.. is there a specific one you woudl suggest for a 16 gallon tank>?

tski22 · Member Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 197

otocinclus cats. Get about 3 of them. If you want them they're great but leave the algae in there for them then dont remove it. -tl

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3437

I'd just leave it alone until the tank is done cycling. Once the water params settle down, it should start to dissappear. Until then, keeping the lights off should help some.

-Chelle